Product Hunt Hunter Kit
Everything you need to hunt Pretense. Grab a tagline, post the first comment, share the screenshots.
What is Pretense
Pretense is an AI firewall that mutates proprietary code identifiers before sending them to LLM APIs like Claude and GPT-4. Instead of redacting code (which breaks AI context), Pretense replaces your function names with synthetic equivalents, then reverses the mutations in the AI response. Local-first, 5-minute setup, open source core.
Tagline Options
Pick one when submitting on Product Hunt. Notes explain the best use case for each.
The AI firewall that mutates your code, not redacts it
Best for technical audiences who know redaction breaks context.
Stop your proprietary code from leaking to OpenAI
High-intent search traffic. Resonates with CTOs and security leads.
Claude/Copilot/Cursor without leaking your IP
Broadest appeal. Names the exact tools developers already use daily.
The only AI coding tool with a cryptographic privacy guarantee
Strongest claim. Use this if Pretense has a verifiable proof.
Your code stays yours. Your AI still works.
Shortest and most memorable. Good for Twitter cards.
Gallery Images Needed
Product Hunt supports up to 5 gallery images. Capture these before launch day.
Full-viewport hero with the tagline, mutation animation, and npm install CTA. Captures the brand position at a glance.
https://pretense.ai
Interactive demo showing a real code snippet mutating in real time. getUserToken becomes _fn4a2b. The AI response is reversed back.
https://pretense.ai/demo
Team-level dashboard: mutation rate, tokens protected, active integrations, and compliance status badges.
https://pretense.ai/admin
Timestamped log of every mutation event. Shows what was mutated, which LLM received the request, and whether the reversal succeeded.
https://pretense.ai/admin
Side-by-side diff view. Left panel: original source with proprietary identifiers. Right panel: mutated version sent to the LLM.
https://pretense.ai/demo
First Comment Template
Post this as the founder comment immediately after launch. The first comment on a PH post drives the most upvotes and is indexed by Google.
We built Pretense after seeing our team's proprietary ML model training code appear in a competitor's product demo, three weeks after a junior dev used it in a ChatGPT prompt. The existing solutions (Nightfall, etc.) either cost $5K+/month, take 2 weeks to deploy, or redact code so aggressively that the AI becomes useless. Pretense uses deterministic mutation instead of redaction: - getUserToken -> _fn4a2b (AI still understands it) - STRIPE_SECRET_KEY -> [BLOCKED] (never leaves your machine) The mutation map lives on your machine. Anthropic/OpenAI never see your real identifiers. Ever. We'd love feedback on: (1) the mutation algorithm quality, (2) which integrations matter most to your team, and (3) whether you'd pay for the enterprise tier or need an on-prem deployment. Try it free: npm install -g @pretense/cli
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Launch day: April 15, 2026
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